The Press: Quarantining the News

By any measure, it was the biggest story of the decade. A mighty U.S.
fleet scoured the seas, its guns challenging Cuba-bound vessels of any
flag. In the U.S., the nation waited anxiously for the latest
development. And as the Cuban crisis unfolded, the news emerged only
after careful and thorough screening by Washington. Not a
single newsman was with the fleet in the first days of the blockade for
an eyewitness story.

Patient & Cooperative. Short of actual war, no U.S. Administration had
ever before buttoned up so tightly. The security measures went...